North Star Solar
Chisago County, MN

North Star Solar

Installed Project Basics
Project Type: 
Project Size (kW): 
100,000.00kW
Location: 
Chisago County, MN
Project Description: 

• Community Energy is proposing to build a 100-megawatt (MW) solar energy facility and associated one-mile long, 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line.
• The solar project and transmission line are proposed to be located on approximately 800 acres of agricultural land within the city of North Branch and Lent and Sunrise townships in Chisago County, Minnesota.
• Existing infrastructure is keeping costs of the project low, resulting in low cost and efficient solar energy for Minnesota rate-payers.
• If approved, the North Star Solar project would become the largest solar energy facility in the Midwest.

Year Installed: 
2016
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